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A Rosary Of Rudraksha Beads

There exists a blur in the Tamil Christian identity. That is to smoothen proselytisation, argue critics.

Three-Legged Rebellion

After 22 years of BJP, there’s a generation in Gujarat that hasn’t seen anything else. But are the dissenters strong enough—and cohesive?

Modinomics 2.0

The government looks set to change tack and spend more to boost growth

The Rape Nobody Cares to Talk About

A minor raped in 2016 is left with a baby and a long wait for justice.

Secret Handshakes With A Serpent

Journalism or sensationalism? Cobrapost’s sting operation on media houses adds fuel to an ongoing ethical debate.

#MeMum Main Chup Rahungi

We borrow everything from Hollywood. Why not #MeToo? Why is Bollywood silent on its own desi Weinsteins?

Strikes Well Staggered

AAP still has big political plans. But BJP has its ways to check the rival’s ways.

taxing times they are a-changin' now

the budget may bring about tax incentives for the public as well as the corporates.

green crimes

biggest polluting states don’t even figure in the ncrb list.

bleak times ahead

the job market is down—and freshers bear the brunt of start-up burnout.

Crash Boom Bang

Farmer protests have been loudest in states with high agricultural growth. What explains the paradox?

A Field Amidst The Forces Of Market

Good monsoon or bad, glut or drought, boom or bust...it’s always fair weather for the range of middlemen who come between the farmer and consumer. An anatomy of the trade.

Getting a Grip on Diabetes

In two decades, India will be home to 120 million diabetics. There are ways, though, to survive the looming ‘epidemic’. Here’s what you can do.

Onfield Nationalism From A Box

A gullible nation, groomed for decades by television channels striving to maximise profit, has come to regard India vs Pakistan matches as proxy war

This Way For The Trump Card

Modi meets POTUS this week. An Afghan strategy and an offer of mediation can make it noteworthy.

Drawing The Net Closer

Stingier customers, a digital shift, Brexit and an H­1B scare have slashed IT profits. But leading Indian firms have caught sight of a smarter path.

Ostentatious Obligations

An austerity bill by a luxury biker has few rich takers desperate to splurge.

It's the Economy, Cupid

The spectre of China ought to be dispelled by the prospect of business.

The Coming Caste Wars

The growing clamour for reservation to society's shrinking ability to fulfil the dreams globalisation unleashes

To Put Faith in Secularism

‘Secularism’ inhabits twin strands—one simply strives to control religion; another, more composite view, allows plural views on faith to coexist. Charting secularism’s progress in France and the US, Charles Taylor alights on the passionate debate it is generating in modern Europe and India.

Caste and Faith in the Dalit Mirror

Four activists and scholars with different religious identities take stock of what has changed for India’s ‘untouchables’ and what remains the same.

Global Is Beautiful

The World Cup epitomises football at its very best—a unifying force in a world too often fighting against itself

Both Gold & Glitter

Messi and Neymar: two sides of football stardom, but their core lights the same way

To Beard A Boyar In Muscovy

A bickering world, quite rightly, gets Russia, the commonest bete noire, as host of its cup of life. Ah, but we mustn’t cavil. It might turn out to be fun after all.

Gali Gali Football Shootball

Following matches through radio static to plugging in—Indian fans have been steadfast as ever. But has the dazzle of European soccer held us in enthralled stupor?

Waiting for Mr Parrikar

The long absence of the CM and two key ministers has created a peculiar situation in Goa politics

Lay Of The Lost

Missing key to a temple storehouse opens a Pandora’s box

How To Grab The Key To Wealth Creation

Smartly balancing today’s and tomorrow’s requirements with the help of a sound financial plan holds the key to creating ample wealth for future needs.

Eat In And Keep The Taxman Away

GST has been largely neutral or beneficial for consumers, but ‘luxuries’ are a bone of contention.

RK Films Was Born With Raj Kapoor And Died With Him

Ranbir Kapoor is one of the biggest stars outside of the Khanate ruled by the Aamir-Salman-Shahrukh triptych in Bollywood. But his last few movies have not set the cashbox ringing at the box office, the ultimate arbiter of an artiste’s worth over a weekend in a cut-throat film industry. The 35-year-old actor now returns with a biopic on Sanjay Dutt made by a filmmaker with the Midas touch, Rajkumar Hirani, who has never failed in the past 15 years. In a freewheeling interview with Giridhar Jha, barely a few days before the release of Sanju, Ranbir discusses, among other things, the most challenging role in his career and why he does not want to spoil the legacy of R.K. Films by reviving the iconic banner founded by his legendary grandfather Raj Kapoor. Excerpts from the interview: